caruncle | Amarkosh

Meaning of word caruncle from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : An outgrowth on a plant or animal such as a fowl's wattle or a protuberance near the hilum of certain seeds.

Synonyms : caruncula

astana (noun)
Remote city of Kazakhstan that (ostensibly for security reasons) was made the capital in 1998.

get stuck (verb)
Be unable to move further.

rusticity (noun)
The quality of being rustic or gauche.

submaxilla (noun)
The jaw in vertebrates that is hinged to open the mouth.

nepalese (noun)
A native or inhabitant of Nepal.

sunk fence (noun)
A ditch with one side being a retaining wall. Used to divide lands without defacing the landscape.

angler fish (noun)
Fishes having large mouths with a wormlike filament attached for luring prey.

agonizing (adjective)
Extremely painful.

inversely (adverb)
In an inverse or contrary manner.

defloration (noun)
An act that despoils the innocence or beauty of something.